Dispens-ing can



J. RYAN.

DISPENSING CAN.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 21. 19:2.

Patented July 22, 1919.

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To all whom it may concern: V

Be it known that I, J OHN RYAN, acitizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore, State ofMaryland, have invented a new and useful Dispensing-Gan, of which the following is a specification.

- This invention relates to-dispensing cans particularly designed for use in pouring liquid dressing upon belts, one of the objects of the invention being to provide the can with a nozzle of novel form whereby the size of the stream flowing from the nozzle without requiring the use of moving parts.

Where thick liquid dressing is to be poured from a nozzle it is not possible to discharge the liquid from a small opening provided in .the end of a gradually tapered nozzle because the liquid, by reason of its thick viscous nature, .clingsto the walls of the nozzle and does not pour readily from a small opening. One of the objects of the present invention is to provide a nozzle having the discharge opening inits free end reduced notby contracting the walls of the nozzle but, instead, by extending a barrier across said end thereby to produceasegmental opening which will allow streams of difl'erent sizes to flow from the nozzle, the size of stream being-dependent upon the poffltlOIl to which the nozzle is rotated before "the can is tilted to pouring position.

7 With the foregoingand other objects in view which will appearas the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed,'can be made with in the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit ofthe invention.

In the accompanying drawings the pro ferred form of the invention 7 has been shown. In said drawings Figure 1 is a side elevation of ing can embodying the ments.

Fig. 2 is a centrallongitudinal section through the nozzle of the can, said section being on an enlarged scale.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged section on line 33 Fig. 2.

a dispenspresent improver i ii Specification of Letters I Pa tent. I Patefltd iip nc'ation fil dna cn 21*, 1am. Serial no. 156,3475- most segmental opening 8 in the nozzle.

July 1919.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged end elevation of the nozzle and showing the same turned to a position so as to permit the discharge of a small stream of liquid.

Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 4 and showing the nozzle turned to another position to allow the escape of a larger stream.

Fig. 6 is a View similar to Figs. 4 and 5 and showing the nozzle turned to permit the escape of the largest possible stream.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference 1 designates the body of the can which may be of any desired contour and which isprovided preferably with a handle 2. Extending from the top of the can is a gradually tapered nozzle 3 and the free end portion of this nozzle is preferably screw threaded as shown at 4 so as to be engaged by a cap 5 removably mounted on the nozzle. The free end o-f'the nozzle has an inturned annular flange 6 and connecting this flange at diametrically opposed points is a bridging the can is then tilted so as to allow the liquid contents thereof to pour through the lowery turning the can so that one end portion of the lower opening 8 islower than the other end portion, as shownin Fig. 4, the can can 'be tilted so that the level of the liquid at the lower opening Swill be on the line a in Fig. 4 or at a higher point. Thus streams of different sizes can be poured through the segmental opening 8. By turning the can to the position shown in Fig. 5, a still broader stream can be discharged, the thickness of each stream being dependent upon the angle to which the can is tilted. By still further rotating the opening 8 can be brought shown in Fig. 6, whereupon maximum width and charged.

As has heretofore been stated, a construction such as described is particularly useful in dispensing thick viscous liquids or liquids which would not pour readily from a minute circular opening and the structure is particularly advantageous because of its simplicity and the ease with which the size of the can the lower 5'11 11v1'ng flat unobstructeckfre filidiillnd' a, chametmoa-lly disposed bridging element extending across said free end of the nozzle vand forming opposed segmental outlet open;

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JOHN RYAN.

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